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Acts 15:20

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 20 but to write them to abstain from things polluted by idols,+ from sexual immorality,*+ from what is strangled,* and from blood.+

Acts 15:20

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 20 ἀλλὰ but ἐπιστεῖλαι to dispatch word αὐτοῖς to them τοῦ of the ἀπέχεσθαι to be abstaining τῶν of the ἀλισγημάτων pollutions τῶν of the εἰδώλων idols καὶ and τῆς of the πορνείας fornication καὶ and πνικτοῦ of thing strangled καὶ and τοῦ of the αἵματος· blood;

Acts 15:20

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 20 but to write them to abstain* from things polluted by idols+ and from fornication*+ and from what is strangled*+ and from blood.*+

Acts 15:20

The Bible in Living English
- 20 * but send them a note to abstain from idol-contaminations and unchastity and blood.

Acts 15:20

American Standard Version
- 20 but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

Acts 15:20

The Emphasized Bible
- 20 but to write unto them To abstain from the pollutions of idols, And from fornication, And from what is strangled, And from blood.

Acts 15:20

King James Version
- 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Acts Study Notes—Chapter 15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 15:20
  
  sexual immorality: The Greek word por·neiʹa is a general term for all sexual activity that is unlawful according to the Bible. It includes adultery, prostitution, sexual relations between unmarried individuals, homosexual acts, and bestiality.—See Glossary.
  
  what is strangled: Or “what is killed without draining its blood.” This prohibition would apparently also include an animal that dies by itself or as a result of a wound caused by another animal. In either case, the animal’s body would not have been properly drained of its blood.—Ex 22:31; Le 17:15; De 14:21.